The long wait for NCEA exam results came to end for thousands of students today despite a flood of traffic bringing the website to a near-standstill.

Schools are being warned to prepare for more problems with underpayments in the first two pay rounds of the school year.

The nerves of thousands of high school students remain on edge after NCEA results were released yesterday only to be withdrawn and the website shut down.

The release and quick withdrawal of some NCEA results early this morning has upset students and been described by one as "highly unethical".

A teachers' union is criticising the Government for holding the consultation period for charter schools during New Zealanders' holidays.

Expansive green playing fields may be one of those traditional items of "Kiwiana" but - rightly or wrongly - may have had their day.

The Government plans to hound student loan holders who have gone overseas leaving big debts behind.

Principals and support staff across the country have been forced back to school early to deal with the ongoing Novopay debacle. What needs to happen now?

A tutor accused of being aggressive, bullying and intimidating towards students at a teachers college has been awarded almost $26,000 in an unfair dismissal case.

Natasha King has already written her own obituary. Although it was only part of a management course run by her employer, Meridian Energy.

Playing fields could become a thing of the past at some schools as hundreds of new classrooms are built to meet swelling rolls.

To cope with growing numbers, an Auckland school the school is growing up - literally.

Student allowances are now a thing of the past for New Zealand's post graduate students.

More than 20 years ago, Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas swapped the freezing, windy streets of Dunedin for London, and a string of high-profile roles and awards.

New Zealand universities have spent more than $250,000 dishing out honorary degrees to celebrities and visiting dignitaries, a Herald investigation into the eight institutions has found.

It is said that Napoleon, on being told of the impressive attributes of a new general, asked, "But is he lucky?"

Newly released Treasury papers show it was sceptical about the chances charter schools will improve student performance .

The head of the company behind the Novopay payroll system has apologised to school staff left unpaid but says he's "bamboozled'' anyone would be in that position.

The Government has spent more than $1 million on consultants as part of the switch over to Novopay, but ignored the results, Labour says.

Parata may have been relieved when the State Services Commissioner told her this week that Longstone had agreed to resign, writes Audrey Young.

Editorial: Hekia Parata is extremely fortunate that it was not her head that rolled yesterday for the number of errors that have embarrassed the Government in education this year.